Vehicle 59047
Class 101
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30250
Diagram: 622
Allocations
| 21/11/56 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| 31/05/70 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| Jun-70 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 4w/e 27/02/71 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| 3w/e 16/10/71 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
| w/e 30/01/77 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| 25/12/77 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| Feb-81 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 01/03/82 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 01/07/83 | Stored S. | HA (Haymarket) | |
| circa Jun-84 | Reinstated | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 07/09/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| May-87 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) | - also noted as 29/09/87 |
Notes
29th June 1987 - Seen at Aberdeen Ferryhill
03/08/87 - 51193 + 53650/70 + 59247/88/268/559/80/681 moved as 5E96 Aberdeen Ferryhill - Snailwell hauled by 47308.
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50148 | 59047 | 59054 | 50149 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 21st November 1956 | |||||
| 50148 | 59047 | 59054 | 50149 | Noted 04/08/68 - in Leeds City1 | |||||
| 50180 | 59047 | 59081 | 50265 | Noted 15/08/1970 - at York2 | |||||
| N400 | 50140 | 59047 | 59077 | 51514 | Noted circa 19713 | ||||
| 50140 | 59047 | 59077 | 51514 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1 | |||||
| 50140 | 59077 | 59047 | 51514 | Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster1 | |||||
| L242 | 50140 | 59047 | 59077 | 51514 | Noted 26/08/74 - at York (set number on 50140)4 | ||||
| 50140 | 59077 | 59047 | 51514 | Noted 22/05/76 - at Leeds1 | |||||
| 205 | 51474 | 59047 | 51480 | Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley3 | |||||
| 51461 | 59047 | 51481 | Noted 07/04/80 - on 07.50 Edinburgh – Stirling5 | ||||||
| 202 | 51474 | 59047 | 51480 | Noted 12/07/80 - on "Forth Valley Wanderer" railtour | |||||
| 51474 | 59047 | 51796 | Noted 06/08/80 - on 07.49 Edinburgh – Dunblane5 | ||||||
| 313 | 51239 | 59047 | 50143 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 51239 | 59047 | 50143 | Noted 14/09/81 - on 12.50 Arbroath – Edinburgh5 | ||||||
| 101313 | 51239 | 59047 | 50143 | Listed at HA - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101315 | 51241 | 59047 | 53194 | Noted circa 11/19833 | |||||
| 101313 | 51239 | 59047 | 53143 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101313 | 51239 | 59047 | 53143 | Listed at HA - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101305 | 51227 | 59047 | 53163 | Noted circa 02/19863 | |||||
| 101313 | 51239 | 59047 | 53143 | Listed at HA - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 315 | 51241 | 59047 | 53176 | 5th June 1986 | |||||
| 315 | 51241 | 59047 | 53176 | Listed at Haymarket - August 1986 | |||||
| 324 | 51253 | 59047 | 53264 | Formation change - p/e 17/09/86 | |||||
| 313 | 51239 | 59047 | 53143 | Noted 10/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley3 | |||||
| 313 | 51239 | 59047 | 53143 | Noted 11/10/86 | |||||
| 101320 | 51248 | 59047 | 53143 | Noted 08/11/19863 | |||||
| 101313 | 51239 | 59047 | 53143 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 51240 | 59047 | 53146 | Noted 25/03/19873 | ||||||
| 313 | 51239 | 59047 | 53143 | Noted 27/04/19873 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Gerald Brown
5: Phil Shatford
Images:
September 1986
Set number: 313
This Class 101 TC 59047 has the Haymarket logo, and carries an older set number 313 on the vehicle end, it is now part of 101 324. Seen at Glasgow Queen Street in September 1986. Andrew McConnell.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 7th February 1957
An official image (London Midland Region publicity negative DM903) showing a four-car Met-Camm set in Carlisle Citadel station on 7 February 1957. These South Gosforth allocated DMUs had taken over the services from Newcastle a few days earlier on the 4th. Closest is DMCL E50148, the others should be TSL E59047, TBSL E59054 and DMCL E50149, all with 2+2 seating. British Railways.
Date: 28th October 1979
A 105/101/105 DMU set in Haymarket depot on 28 October 1979. Closest is SC51480, a vehicle that spent its whole career in Scotland allocated to Kittybrewster, Leith Central, Hamilton and Haymarket. Within a few months it would become one of the very few 105s to carry blue and grey livery, and would be withdrawn in November 1981. The other two vehicles are presumably 59047 and 51474. Brian Daniels.
Date: circa 1980
Set number: 202
Blue / grey Cravens DMBS SC51474 as part of hybrid set 202 in Edinburgh Waverley circa 1980. The centre car is probably 59047. John Law.
Date: 12th July 1980
Class 105 Bilston Glen Colliery Sidings 12 July 1980. The Edinburgh City Transport Welfare Association ran The Forth Valley Wanderer Railtour around freight lines Edinburgh area. The set, formed 51480 + 59047 + 51474, included a Class 101 centre car. Alistair Ness.
Date: 12th July 1980
Class 105 Granton Oil Terminal 12 July 1980. The Edinburgh City Transport Welfare Association ran The Forth Valley Wanderer Railtour around freight lines Edinburgh area. The set, formed 51480 + 59047 + 51474, included a Class 101 centre car. Alistair Ness.
Date: 12th July 1980
Class 105 Leith South 12 July 1980. The Edinburgh City Transport Welfare Association ran The Forth Valley Wanderer Railtour around freight lines Edinburgh area. The set, formed 51474 + 59047 + 51480, included a Class 101 centre car. Alistair Ness.
Date: 12th July 1980
Class 105 Newington 12 July 1980. The Edinburgh City Transport Welfare Association ran The Forth Valley Wanderer Railtour around freight lines Edinburgh area. The set, formed 51480 + 59047 + 51474, included a Class 101 centre car. Alistair Ness.
Date: 12th July 1980
Class 105 North Berwick 12 July 1980. The Edinburgh City Transport Welfare Association ran The Forth Valley Wanderer Railtour around freight lines Edinburgh area. The set, formed 51480 + 59047 + 51474, included a Class 101 centre car. Alistair Ness.
Date: 12th July 1980
On 12th July 1980 the “Forth Valley Wanderer” railtour visited the Granton branch in Edinburgh, seen here approaching Trinity station, which was closed as far back as 1925 and remains open as a private house. The North British Railway fixed distant signal was in place here until the line here was dismantled in 1986. The DMU used was formed of two blue/grey Class 105 DMBSs and a 101 centre car, 51474 + 59047 + 51480. Murray Liston.
Date: 12th July 1980
On 12th July 1980 the “Forth Valley Wanderer” railtour visited a number of lines in Edinburgh, Grangemouth and Fife. A photo stop at the original Alloa station in the afternoon shows the unusual dmu formation a class 101 Met Camm centre car 59047 sandwiched by two of the few class 105 Cravens units to receive blue / grey livery, 51474 and 51480. Murray Liston.
Date: 12th July 1980
Set number: 202
51474 + 59047 + 51480 at Grangemouth No.3 on the 12th July 1980 with the "Forth Valley Wanderer" railtour. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 12th July 1980
51480 + 59047 + 51474 in North Berwick station on the 12th July 1980 with the "Forth Valley Wanderer" railtour organised by the Edinburgh City Transport Welfare Association. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 12th July 1980
Set number: 202
51474 + 59047 + 51480 in North Berwick station on the 12th July 1980 with the "Forth Valley Wanderer" railtour. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 12th July 1980
51480 + 59047 + 51474 at Fouldubs Junction, between Grangemouth and Falkirk, during a stop of the "Forth Valley Wanderer" railtour on the 12th July 1980. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 26th July 1980
With a number that looks more silver/grey than white SC55013 is seen on Haymarket Depot on 26 July 1980. Behind is another parcel car, SC55015, while on the right is Class 101 centre car SC59047. Rob Paterson.
Date: September 1986
Set number: 101324
Set 101 324 in Glasgow Queen Street in September 1986. First two vehicles are 51253 and 59047. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 11th October 1986
53143 + 59047 + 51239 (set 313) is working the 12:24 Edinburgh - Glasgow Central service when seen near Curriehill on the 11th October 1986. Hamish Stevenson.